Man shot in head in South Shore neighborhood

A man was shot in the left eye and seriously wounded in the South Shore neighborhood this evening, authorities said.

The man, 31, was shot about 8:34 p.m. in the 2500 block of East 75th Street, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Veejay Zala.

Police said someone fired five or six shots from inside a passing vehicle, striking the man in the head. The man's older brother heard the shots, looked out their apartment window and saw that his brother had been shot, police said.

The man was in serious condition on the scene, Zala said. The victim was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious-to-critical condition, said Fire Department spokesman Kevin MacGregor.